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For Immediate Release
April 23, 2012
Four Area High School Students Awarded as
Kenneth L. Howard Scholars
Columbus, OH -- The Columbus Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated is
pleased to announce this year's annual Kenneth L. Howard Scholarship award winners. In the
high school division the four $1,000.00 recipients for the 2012 academic year are: 1.) Bob S.
Turay Jr., Northland High School; 2.) La Fred Gibbons, East High School; 3.) Arthur Thomas,
Beechcroft High School and 4.) Derrick Jones, Eastmoor Academy High School. This is the first
time in over 13 years that all of the high school scholarship recipients have been students from
the Columbus City Schools. Last year, only one awardee attended a city high school.
All awardees will be honored and acknowledged at the annual Kenneth L. Howard
scholarship brunch that will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in the Cardinal Health Ballroom
of the Lincoln Theater. The brunch starts promptly at 11:00 a.m. Attorney Larry James will
provide the keynote address. This year's awards bring the total for all scholarships given to area
high school and college students by the KLHESF and CKF to $100,000.00 since 1987.
Scholarship Awardee Profiles
Bob S. Turay Jr., has applied to Morehouse College, Georgia Tech
and Purdue Univeristy. He plans on attending Morehouse College and majoring in engineering.
1461 Mt. Vernon Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43203
(614)253-2263
www.columbuskappafoundation.com
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Turay’s resume is impressive and inspiring. Bob has earned a 4.154 accumulative grade point
average and scored a 25 on the ACT exam.
He will graduate from high school while
concurrently earning an associate’s degree in Web Graphic Design at Devry University. Bob has
made the Dean’s list multiple times at Devry.
Mr. Turay is not only a scholar, but a well-rounded young man. Bob was a two time All
City varsity football player, the varsity football team captain, the STEM club vice president, a
member of the high school’s first robotics team, and a NSBE Try-Math-A-Lon team captain.
Making his accomplishments even more eye-popping is the fact that Mr. Turay still has manged
to work a job as a crew member for a local Tim Horton’s restaurant since December 2011.
La’Fred Gibbons has applied and been accepted to Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology, the University of Toledo, Indiana Tech and Tuskegee University. Mr.
Gibbons will attend Tuskegee University. LaFred is the oldest sibling of five and will be a first
generation college student this Fall. As a transplant to Columbus, Fred was able to excell and has
maintained a strong academic rigor in challenging offerings through the school district’s post
secondary educational options program. LaFred has taken English classes at Hocking Tech,
Kaplan American History, and AP Calculus. He has earned a 3.934 accumulative grade point
average, was a member of the National Honor Society and scored a 19 on the ACT.
Mr. Gibbons took full advantage of a wide array of extracurricular and interscholastic
opportunities while in high school. He is a four year football player and was a captain on the
CKF, pg. 3
varsity football team, a S.T.E.M. club member, a wrestler (and captain) and track athlete. He
was also a participant on the high school’s mock trial program. His community service included
arranging a blood drive for the American Red Cross at his high school in addition to working
with the recycling (Going Green) club.
Arthur Thomas is currently ranked as number one in his graduating
class at Beechcroft High. He has applied to the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University
and Northwestern University. He will attend the University of Pennsylvania and will major in
engineering.
Described as a “rare phenomenon” by his English teacher Antonia Mulvihill, Mr. Thomas
has earned a 4.085 accumulative grade point average for 24.5 total credits. He scored a 29 on the
national ACT exam.
While in high school Mr. Thomas took several AP classes, was a member of the National
Honor Society, served as a mentor for the freshman fusion project, was a teacher assistant, and
was a lettering member of the varsity basketball team.
Derrick Jones has applied to The Ohio State University, the
University of Kentucky, and West Virginia University. He will attend Ohio State and will major
in electrical engineering.
CKF, pg. 4
Academically, Mr. Jones maintained a 3.787 while taking both regular and advanced
placement classes and he scored an 18 on the ACT. Derrick has amassed 23.5 credits at the
halfway point of his senior year when only 21 are needed to graduate from most public high
schools. While at Eastmoor Academy, Mr. Jones was a four year member of the varsity Warrior
football team and a member of the varsity track team. He was a member of the Gentleman’s
Club, Jazz Ensemble, and the EA Impact team.
Tickets ($30.00) for the May 19th scholarship brunch can be obtained from the law
offices of Columbus Kappa Foundation President Byron L. Potts, at 415 E. Broad Street, Suite
112, Columbus, OH 43215 or by contacting Kenneth L. Howard Endowed Scholarship Chairman
P.R.West, Sr., via e-mail at 1chair@sbcglobal.net. The event is open for the general public and
greater Columbus Community.
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